Pebbles and Pearls

Liberty brings

    It's own restraints.

        There is no

             Total freedom.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Cleansed by tears and anguish,

Despaired until despair is spent

To still the pain,

And close that door,

For this to open.

When the chains are rent,

Answers come with clarity

Unknown before.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Like laundry,

Washed,

Rinsed,

Wrung out,

Dried,

And ironed flat.

So to begin again,

As life renews itself.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

                 I know me;

                 That's one.

            ______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Multitude

Mulling,

Thronging,

Pulsates

As a single force untold.

The world swells,

Outgrows

Its boundaries;

Its future tells

And in its own increase,

Spells sanctuary,

An island

In the multitude,

Seeks in solitude, -

Its future gold.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Glean wisdom

From the day at hand.

Survive another

To persist again

And know.

The triumph of

A quiet life

Is living.

Perhaps it will

Make ripples, too.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Just now

You touched me

With your mind.

It happens

Frequently!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Low ebb provides another view.

Love YOU first,
Then you'll be free
For loving life
And me.

I do not believe in
Destiny.
But you're
My destiny,
If you occur.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

When you decide

To backtrack

But your bridges

Have been burned

In that direction,

You find you must

Reconstruct them.

They burned not

Of themselves.

They repair not

By themselves.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Sometimes life is

To crackle in black,

To try to not die,

To unshroud the sleeping giant

Within and without;

To uncloud arising storms,

Letting surprising

Facets sparkle through

    The clearing skies,

        And be

Whatever comes to you

From darkened guise,

And then emerge

     More energized,

       Another time around.

_____© Nellieanna H. Hay

Sweet certainly persists

Though mind resists

Its impact.

My heart, restored,

Now turns toward

Tomorrow –

Subdued,

Renewed,

And whole,

Intact.

I will go on!

I will!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

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